Gratitude Gifts Today

In this week of reflection, calm and excited waiting, I am thankful for these gifts:

- waking up

- the quiet, inside and outside, as more snowflakes drift down

- our living room restored with furniture back in place

- bright red new slippers

- friends gathered in front of the fire

- wood from our spruce bluff to burn

- laughter, sweetly ringing

- libraries

- music playing softly

- fat, juicy oranges

- Christmas mugs and plates

- efficient clerks at the post office

- amazing, beautiful books arriving in the mail

- wrapped gifts under the tree

- Christmas Carol Charades

- yummy chicken wings

- a delicious chocolate at the motor vehicles registration place

- eggnog

- ornament reminders of people and places

- supper baked in the oven

- phone calls with our daughters

- tidy countertops

- Christmas napkins

- Jill's granola recipe

- filled jars to share with friends

- photo cards

- sharing Christmas greetings

- getting to an appointment early :)

- laughing at myself

- dusting finished

- winter wonderlands

(outside our living room window)

- choir singing

- cranberry juice + ginger ale

- eating Christmas cookies

- the first taste of summer's dill pickles

- mini mandarin oranges

- Christmas tea

- online instructions for photography

- creating small things to give to loved ones

(a CD calendar for my sister)

- free online templates

- our Christmas tree

- the star at the top of the tree

- taking time to remember

- lists

- only 3 more days!